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H&M faces backlash in China for refusing to purchase cotton from Xinji
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 25 (ANI): Swedish multinational clothing retailer H&M is facing a backlash within China for refusing to purchase cotton producing in Xinjiang, where the Communist government is carrying out atrocities on Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities; termed as "genocide" by
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China sanctions Dutch MP after raising issue of Uyghur 'genocide'
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Amsterdam [The Netherlands], March 23 (ANI): Following the European Union's decision to impose its own sanctions against four Chinese officials for their treatment of the Uyghur Muslims, China in retaliation placed Dutch MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma on a sanctions list.
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US, UK, Canada call on China to end 'repressive practices' against Uyghurs
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Washington DC [US], March 23 (ANI): The United States, the UK and Canada on Monday slammed China for human rights violations and abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
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EU to slap sanctions on Chinese officials over rights abuses in Xinjiang:
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Brussels [Belgium], March 18 (ANI): European Union officials have approved sanctions on Chinese officials, who are accused of human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
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US needs to act more against China for human rights abuses against Uyghurs
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Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): Even though the US sanctions on China for numerous human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims are hurting the nation but more action needs to be taken by the Biden administration to further enhance the pressure on Beijing's increasing crackdown on ethnic mino
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37 pc of those killed in UP encounters from 2017 to 2020 were Muslims: Asa
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Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 15 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government has been targeting Muslims as 37 per cent of the encounters in Uttar Pradesh in three years had been d
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Uyghurs urge International Olympic Committee to cancel Beijing 2022 Olympi
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London [UK], March 8 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress, a human rights group, has urged International Olympic Committee's ethics commission to personally make a ruling on a complaint the group filed to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, The Hill reported.
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All India Jamiatul Quresh district chief appeals not to give or take dowry
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Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 8 (ANI): Following the recent suicide of 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan, who was allegedly harassed for dowry district chief of All India Jamiatul Quresh in Agra, Sarif Qureshi has appealed to the Muslim community to neither take nor receive dowry.
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Agra Muslims vow to stop exchange of dowry after woman dies by suicide in
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Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 7 (ANI): A section of the Muslim community in Agra vowed to stop the exchange of dowry in all the marriages of its community here after a woman died by suicide in Ahmedabad after being allegedly harassed by her husband.
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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Baseless imprisonments surge in China's Xinjiang province: Human Rights Wa
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New York [US], February 24 (ANI): The Chinese government has increased its "groundless prosecutions" with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other minority communities in recent years in China's Xinjiang province, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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France summons Pakistan envoy to protest President Alvi's remarks over ant
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Paris [France], February 23 (ANI): France on Tuesday summoned Pakistan charge d'affaires to protest comments by President Arif Alvi on the new anti-radicalism bill introduced in the French Parliament and asked Islamabad to adopt a "constructive attitude" to bilateral relations.
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